The cutaneous sinus tract is an uncommon disease. Occasionally dental problem cause the pathologic breaking out from intrabony lesion of maxilla or mandible directly to skin drainage, swelling, or abscess. It is difficult to diagnose exactly of odontogenic cutaneous sinus tract for dentists or dermatologists except experienced clinicians or previously known clinicians. It is often misdiagnosed as warts, acne, dermatitis, or even malignant. Once patients were misdiagnosed, many patients may be treated with repeated surgical excisions, biopsies, and antibiotic medications, but most of them could be frustrated with the recurrence
of disease. There are several methods for differential diagnosis of odontogenic cutaneous sinus tract - such as GP cone tracing, conventional computed tomography(CT), periapical x-ray imaging, and cone beam computed tomography(CBCT). If proper dental diagnosis and treatment is provided, cutaneous sinus tract can be healed without complications and recurrences.
This case report describes the diagnosis and treatment of odontogenic cutaneous sinus tract that referred from medical doctors.